§ Chris Grayling:To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff, broken down by grade, work in the accident and emergency departments at (a) Epsom and (b) St Helier hospitals. [131633]
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§ Mr. Hutton:Data are only collected at national health service trust level. The following table shows hospital medical staff within the accident and emergency speciality by grade in Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust.
Hospital medical staff within the accident and emergency specialty by grade in Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust
As at 30 September 2002 Numbers (headcount) All staff 30 Consultant 1— Staff Grade 10 Associate Specialist 1— Registrar Group 1— Senior House Officer 10 House Officer 1— Hospital Practitioner 2— Clinical Assistant 1— Other 2— 1Five or fewer than five.
2Zero.
Notes:
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.
§ Chris Grayling:To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assumptions were made in reaching the figure of £340 million capital spend in Option 4 of the Strategic Outline Case for the Epsom and St Helier Clinical Services Strategy. [131634]
§ Mr. Hutton:This is a matter for south west London strategic health authority (SHA) and Surrey and Sussex SHA. I understand the latest position is that a strategic outline case for an Epsom and St Helier clinical services strategy is still to be finalised.
All the assumptions will be tested carefully before a decision is taken on how best to take the scheme forward.
§ Chris Grayling:To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the number of patients treated in the accident and emergency departments of Epsom and St Helier hospitals in each of the past 24 months. [131635]
§ Mr. Hutton:Information on the number of patients treated in the accident and emergency (A&E) department of Epsom and St Helier Hospitals is not collected centrally.
Attendances at A&E departments, minor injury units and walk in centres. Epsom and St Helier national health service Trust for the period second quarter, 2001–02, to first quarter, 2003–04, is shown in the table as the closest available data. This information is collected on a quarterly rather than monthly basis.
Quarter Attendances 2003–04 1 32,934 2002–03 4 29,895 2002–03 3 26,871 2002–03 2 27,839 2002–03 1 28,379 2001–02 4 29,297 2001–02 3 29,931 2001–02 2 30.557 Total past 24 months 235,703